Offers a survey of the ethnology of the native tribes of the Gulf
States. The legend told to Governor Oglethorpe, in 1732, by the
Creeks, is given in the original.
No. V. The Lenape and Their Legends. Edited by Daniel G. Brinton, M. D.
262 pages. 1885.
Contains the complete text and symbols, 184 in number, of the "Walum
Olum," or "Red Score," of the Delaware Indians, with the full
original text, and a new translation, notes and vocabulary. A
lengthy introduction treats of the Lenape or Delawares, their
history, customs, myths, language, etc., with numerous references
to other tribes of the great Algonkin stock.
No. VI. The Annals of the Cakchiquels. Edited by Daniel G. Brinton, M.
D. 234 pages. 1885.
The original text, written about 1562, by a member of the reigning
family, with a translation, introduction, notes and vocabulary.
This may be considered one of the most important historical
documents relating to the pre-Columbian period.
No. VII. Ancient Nahuatl Poetry. Edited by Daniel G. Brinton, M. D. 176
pages. 1890.
In this volume twenty-seven songs in the original Nahuatl are
presented, with translation, notes, vocabulary, etc. Many of them
date from before the conquest and none later than the sixteenth
century. The introduction describes the ancient poetry of the
Nahuas in all its bearings.
No. VIII. Rig Veda Americanus. Edited by Daniel G. Brinton, M. D. 95
pages. 1890.
Presents the original text with a gloss in Nahuatl of twenty sacred
chants of the ancient Mexicans. They are preserved in the Madrid
MSS. of Father Sahagun, and date anterior to the Conquest. A
paraphrase, notes and a vocabulary are added, and a number of
curious illustrations are reproduced from the original.
The edition of each of these was about 400 copies, except No. II., of
which 900 were printed. A complete set is now difficult to obtain.
II. NORTH AMERICAN LANGUAGES NORTH OF MEXICO.
16. Lenape-English Dictionary. From an anonymous MS. in the
archives of the Moravian Church at Bethlehem, Pa., with additions,
by Daniel G. Brinton and Rev. Albert Seqaqkind Anthony, 4to, pp.
326. Philadelphia, 1888. Published by the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania.
17. The Lenape and their Legends; with the complete Text and
Symbols of the Walum Olum, a new Translation and
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